Jonathan Owens was among players waived by the Houston Texans as the NFL team builds its roster for the upcoming season.
The team announced Tuesday a list of athlete transactions, including who was released or waived during the preseason, with 26-year-old safety Owens falling under the latter list.
was first signed by the Arizona Cardinals as a college free agent in April 2018. Less than a year later, he was waived by the Cardinals in August 2019 and signed to the Texans practice squad a year later. Owens was promoted to the team’s active roster in November 2019 but was waived two days later. He would stay on the Texans practice squad for six weeks until he was called up again last January.
Houston could still opt to, again, keep the athlete on the team’s practice squad this season.
Owens recently celebrated his one-year anniversary with girlfriend Simone Biles.
The Olympic gymnast, 24, previously told PEOPLE it’s “so exciting” to support her boyfriend’s career: “I love watching him play because he has such a passion. He works so hard, so for him to be able to showcase that on the field is really exciting.”
